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   SPECIFICATIONS

Printer

Interfaces

Emulation

PCL6 (Brother Printing System for Windows

®

emulation mode of HP LaserJet) and BR-Script 
(PostScript

®

) Level 3

Printer Driver

Windows

® 

98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP and 

Windows NT

®

 Workstation Version 4.0 driver 

supporting Brother Native Compression mode and 
bi-directional capability

Apple

®

 Macintosh

®

 QuickDraw

®

 Driver and 

PostScript (PPD) for Mac OS

®

 8.6 - 9.2/

Mac OS

®

 X 10.1/10.2.1 or greater

Resolution

HQ1200 (Max. 2400 

× 

600 dots/inch)

Print Quality

Normal printing mode

Economy printing mode (saves toner usage)

Print Speed

Up to 21 pages/minute letter size
(when loading paper from paper tray)

Duplex Printing

Up to 9 pages/minute: (MFC-8640D/8840D/ 
8840DN only)

(9 sides per minute, 4.5 sheets per minute)

First Print

Up to 12 seconds (using letter size paper in paper 
tray)

Interface

Recommended Cable

Parallel

A bi-directional shielded parallel cable that is 
IEEE 1284 compliant and not longer than
6 feet (2 m).

USB

A USB 2.0 Hi-Speed cable that is not longer than
6 feet (2 m).

■

Please make sure that you use a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified 
cable if your computer uses a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface.

■

Even if your computer has a USB 1.1 interface you can 
connect the MFC.